When we reminisce about the "good old days," one of the features we tend to remember is how we spent our Sundays. Almost all the stores were closed, and after church we'd have a family dinner and spend the day resting. While the culture has long since abandoned such traditions, it doesn’t mean we can't restore it within our families. Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle joins us to discuss how we can reclaim our Sundays.

Substance abuse is the 3rd-leading cause of death in the United States, claiming more than 175.000 lives every year – and the crisis has accelerated since the pandemic. Many contemporary therapists overlook the fact that addiction isn’t just a physical and physiological illness – it’s a spiritual disease that requires spiritual remedy. Keaton Douglas joins us with more.

A baby has been born in the UK with DNA from three parents via a revolutionary IVF procedure designed to prevent rare but dangerous mitochondrial diseases. When the UK first considered approving the procedure in 2015, the English bishops said it was happening too hastily and objected to the destruction of human embryos. We look closer at the story with Fr. Tad Pacholczyk.

In the book of Ecclesiastes we read how God has “made everything beautiful in its time.” Focusing on things that are beautiful, true and good is part of what makes the Christian worldview unique. How do we keep this worldview in an ugly and noisy world? Jimmy Mitchell is our guest.

There was a time when the priesthood was largely respected by the general public. Actor Alec Guinness began his journey to the faith after a young boy saw him in his Father Brown costume and assumed he was a real priest; Guinness reflected that a Church which could inspire such trust in a child must be doing something right. Sadly, the abuse crisis and shifts in the culture have changed that. But despite the challenges, research by Msgr. Stephen Rossetti finds that most priests are happy, like their work, and have vibrant spiritual lives. He shares his findings.

The French writer René Girard once observed that the “Eucharist is really related to sacrifice, but rather than representing the violence against the victim, of it being the victim that you eat, you eat the total refusal of violence, which is Christ.” We unpack the meaning of this passage with Fr. Brian Carpenter.

When doors are locked and keys are taken away, those homebound can still bask in the Real Presence and unite in a most intimate, incarnational way with our dear Jesus. Alyssa Murphy and her dad have spent years serving as Eucharistic ministers to the homebound, and as her dad faces a terminal cancer diagnoses his joy lies in the Eucharist. Alyssa joins us.

In last week’s Gospel, Jesus told Peter that he was the rock on which He would build the Church. This Sunday, just a few verses later, Jesus looks at Peter and declares, “Get behind me, Satan!” Why the change? Peggy Stanton joins us.

The Catholic intellectual tradition addresses everything from Theology to astronomy to psychology and more —even as it remains a powerful inspiration to ordinary people. And it’s something we need right now. We talk more with Robert Royal.

Chuck Gaidica has been in the TV business for more than 40 years, telling the stories of Detroiters as a well-known figure in the community. Now, he’s sharing his own story: his road to the Catholic Church. He joins us.